Call Center Purgatory

Thursday, September 22, 2005

Larry! Come Home!

On Monday my boss Larry was sick and did not show up. As much as he yells and screams, he is the epitome of the old saying,

"Better the devil you know than the angel you don't"~Hama Tuma

I understand him, in some sort of twisted, Stockholm-Syndrome, co-dependant, way, I understand his crazy ass.

Some of the older veterans took over. It was not pretty. They were walking around, biting people if they dared to chat about anything other than call center related business. Calling out numbers to hit and keeping a sharp eye on the ACD screen for any sign of slacking. All of a sudden, I felt like the weeping prophet Jeremiah, crying out for my people as they suffered under the Capitalist Overlords of Telecommunication...
God! Wouldst thou deliver me from
enthusiastic middle management?!
My heart yearns that you would slay them,
The MBA's that are SOB's..
See the plight of your people Lord,
as we weep into our keyboards,
Bring back the mediocre one,
He may have been Purgatory,
But he wasn't Hell,

Thanks Lord,
And another thing Lord,
please let Mrs. Cog be in the mood tonight,
Amen..

Thanks for reading,

AC

¶ 1:23 AM

Comments:

This is a true story. I had a totally deranged supervisor once. I mean, we're talking... unhinged (she was actually worse than the one crack-addicted supervisor I had, but that's another story for another time, gosh I've worked at the best places) so... A friend was having SERIOUS problems with said supervisor. He was on probation with HR for meaningless stuff, etc (I think she hated men)and he asked his pastor what he should do. His pastor said he should pray. And thus it was so, my friend prayed and prayed... prayed for the guidance to know how to deal with the situation, for God to soften her heart... for God 's will to be done in the situation...

narry a week goes by, the bitty gets hit by a public transit bus.

God works in mysterious ways.

*end scene*

# posted by

TLG : 4:07 PM

HAHAHA! Not only did I enjoy the post, but I enjoyed the comment that went along with it. Hit by a BUS?! Oh, oops, I don't think I'm supposed to be laughing at that...Well, too bad, I am!

Hope you got lucky, Cog!

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Anonymous : 9:55 PM